Manny Aguilar: Leading kids away from gangs

11:38 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

Manny Aguilar

Written by

Rachel Vallarta Davidson and
Robin Aime

How do you help a child who's already in trouble? Manny Aguilar will tell you it begins by becoming someone that child can accept and count on. Here he talks about his work as a gang intervention specialist with California Youth Outreach and the power of simply being a consistent, positive influence.

Q: Who does California Youth Outreach serve?

A: Our main focus is to work with those youth who are in gang-related situations, whether they are gang members or on the cusp of becoming gang members. We try to intervene, to give them the opportunity to move out of that lifestyle. We work with the kids who ...